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Heavy rain brings flash flooding

Four to five inches of rain fell in Ames Thursday night, causing flash flooding around the city.

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Updated: 6:20 AM CDT Sep 23, 2016

Heavy rain brings flash flooding

Four to five inches of rain fell in Ames Thursday night, causing flash flooding around the city.

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Updated: 6:20 AM CDT Sep 23, 2016

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WEBVTT I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THE EXTENDED FORECAST COMING UP. ELIZABETH: MORE THAN FOUR INCHES FELL. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, CARS WERE SUBMERGED IN FLOODWATER. AND ON THE IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS, A TOTAL OF 14 VEHICLES WERE DAMAGED THERE. SOME ROADS HAD SEVERAL INCHES OF STANDING WATER AND POLICE WERE BLOCKING CARS FROM ENTERING GRAND AVENUE. AND THE CITY NOTIFIED RESIDENTS THAT SQUALL CREEK COULD HIT LOW-LYING AREAS. AND THE CITY OF CLARKSVILLE AND BUTLER COUNTY TELLING PEOPLE THEY NEED TO EVACUATE. A LEVEE THERE BROKE. PEOPLE AT WORK BUILDING SAND BARRIERS TO KEEP WATER FROM COMING INTO THE TOWN. ONE MAN HELPED HIS PARENTS GET RID READY TO CLEAR OUT THEIR BASEMENT. >> IN A WAY, MY MOTHER WAS IN HERE. I RODE THE BOAT RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD RIGHT HERE THAT WE'RE STANDING ON. PULLED UP TO THE HOUSE AND GOT MY MOTHER OUT OF THERE. AND YEAH, SO I THINK THIS ONE MIGHT EVEN BETTER BE MORE EXTENSIVE THAN THAT ONE. ELIZABETH: THE FLOOD STAGE IS 13 1/2 FEET.

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Heavy rain brings flash flooding

Four to five inches of rain fell in Ames Thursday night, causing flash flooding around the city.